LOS ANGELES – Mariah Barbetti-Cort scored 18 points and Ali Bueno added 17 as the Bulldog women’s basketball team defeated Occidental 55-54 in overtime to win the SCIAC tournament for the first time in school history and advance to the Division III national tournament.

Bueno’s three-pointer with 10 seconds left sent the game into overtime and Barbetti-Cort, who also had 14 rebounds, scored the first four points in OT. Occidental missed a shot at the buzzer for the win.

The bracket for the D3 tournament will be announced on Monday.

The win is the ninth in a row for Redlands (22-5), which also beat Occidental on its home court last week to earn a share of the regular-season title.
“It’s hard to imagine we’re still playing,” said Barbetti-Cort, who finished with 18 points and 14 rebounds. “We’ve never done this as a school. This was for our school and everyone else before us.”

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